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1993 TCU

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Pat Sullivan.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1993, game by game: lost vs. No. 21 Oklahoma 3–35; won vs. New Mexico 35–34; lost vs. SMU 15–21; lost at Oklahoma State 22–27; lost at Rice 19–34; won vs. Tulane 14–7; won at Baylor 38–13; won vs. Houston 28–10; lost at Texas Tech 21–49; lost at Texas 3–24; lost vs. No. 10 Texas A&M 3–59+25−56Lost 3–35 vs. No. 21 Oklahoma-32No. 21 OklahomaWon 35–34 vs. New Mexico+1New MexicoLost 15–21 vs. SMU-6SMULost 22–27 at Oklahoma State-5Oklahoma StateLost 19–34 at Rice-15RiceWon 14–7 vs. Tulane+7TulaneWon 38–13 at Baylor+25BaylorWon 28–10 vs. Houston+18HoustonLost 21–49 at Texas Tech-28Texas TechLost 3–24 at Texas-21TexasLost 3–59 vs. No. 10 Texas A&M-56No. 10 Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vs21OklahomaL 3–⁠3542%
Sep 11vsNew MexicoW 35–⁠3458%
Sep 25vsSMUL 15–⁠2159%
Oct 2atOklahoma StateL 22–⁠2732%
Oct 9atRiceL 19–⁠3427%
Oct 16vsTulaneW 14–⁠766%
Oct 23atBaylorW 38–⁠1322%
Oct 30vsHoustonW 28–⁠1055%
Nov 6atTexas TechL 21–⁠4934%
Nov 13atTexasL 3–⁠2431%
Nov 20vs10Texas A&ML 3–⁠5917%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 59–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 97th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1993.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
201–⁠313
Coach
Pat Sullivan
Elo
1403 −27 this season
SP+ rating
-13.8 No. 86 of 105; offense No. 82, defense No. 75
SRS
−7.2 No. 76 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pete Hoener
Defensive coordinator
Reggie Herring

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First team

  • Brian CollinsTEAP-1
  • Royal WestDLAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠010–⁠29
Texas5–⁠25–⁠5–⁠1
Texas Tech5–⁠26–⁠6
Rice3–⁠46–⁠5
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU2–⁠54–⁠7
SMU1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠2
Houston1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.